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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news arrives as Anne prays for Pammy's cure?
(a) Pammy is cured
(b) Pammy could adopt a baby girl
(c) Pammy is going to hospice
(d) Pammy had died

2. What was the message on Anne's father's answering machine?
(a) All's well that ends well.
(b) The freedom train is coming.
(c) It is what it is.
(d) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

3. What does this woman do when the church elders take Holy Communion to her?
(a) She drops the wafer on the floor.
(b) She accepts it gladly.
(c) She cries.
(d) She refuses it.

4. Who is Sam's "Big Brother"?
(a) Bob
(b) Terry
(c) Adam
(d) Brian

5. Where does Anne take Sam for a vacation?
(a) Nassau
(b) Puerto Rico
(c) Ixtapa
(d) Cancun

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Anne so faithful to her church and church family?

2. Where does Anne leave Sammy to play each day at the resort?

3. Anne gets good grades in high school in spite of _________________________.

4. What is Anne's drug of choice when she is 28?

5. What does Anne call her steps toward grief recovery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anne go to the home of her friend, Shelly?

2. Why does Anne think she may be failing Sam?

3. What is Anne's philosophy about bad things happening?

4. How does Anne become a true member of a church?

5. How does Anne know that Sam has forgiven her for the cartoon episode of that Ash Wednesday morning?

6. What role does alcohol play in Anne's home life?

7. Why is the arrival of Pammy's daughter such a bittersweet occasion?

8. Why does Anne admire a woman who rejects ministrations from the church elders?

9. What is the symbolism Anne speaks of when she talks about "pieces of Pammy"?

10. How is Anne like her activist father?

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